Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
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The Effect of Body Mass Index on Fundamental Motor Skills in Six-Year-Old Children of Isfahan City

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

Rokhsareh Badami 1
Maryam Nezakatalhosseini 2
Fahime Rajabi 3
Mansoore Jafari 3

1 Assistant Professor, Physical Education Department, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Physical Education Department, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

3 MSc. of Motor Behavior, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2014.51876
Abstract
The present study was designed to determine the effect of different levels of body mass index (BMI) on fundamental motor skills in 6-year-old children of Isfahan city. For this purpose, fundamental motor skills of 19 underweight children (grade 3 thinness) and 19 children with normal weight and 19 overweight children who were matched according to their gender and socioeconomic background were assessed using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC). Among 8 items of M-ABC, normal weight and overweight children differed on only one-leg balance with preferred leg and normal weight and underweight children differed on only walking heels raised item. However, the total motor impairment score which was calculated by the summation of the 8 item scores was higher in underweight and overweight children than their normal weight peers.

Keywords

Fundamental Skills
motor development
movement coordination
six-year-old
weight
Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Volume 6, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Autumn 2014
Pages 397-414

  • Receive Date 30 September 2013
  • Revise Date 24 December 2013
  • Accept Date 16 December 2013

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